Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1120 Compare Versions

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1	1	89R799 JCG-F
2	2	By: Lopez of Cameron H.B. No. 1120
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the purchase or acquisition by metal recycling entities
10	10	of catalytic converters removed from a motor vehicle; imposing an
11	11	administrative penalty.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Section 1956.0321(c), Occupations Code, is
14	14	amended to read as follows:
15	15	(c) A metal recycling entity may not purchase a catalytic
16	16	converter unless the entity:
17	17	(1) determines that the catalytic converter is
18	18	consistent with the manufacturer's specifications for a catalytic
19	19	converter from the vehicle for which the seller provided
20	20	information under Subsection (a)(1); and
21	21	(2) enters the vehicle identification number provided
22	22	by the seller under Subsection (a)(1) into the National Highway
23	23	Traffic Safety Administration's VIN Decoder, or successor
24	24	database, and verifies that the vehicle year, make, and model
25	25	retrieved from the database with respect to that vehicle
26	26	identification number are the same as the vehicle year, make, and
27	27	model provided by the seller.
28	28	SECTION 2. Subchapter C-1, Chapter 1956, Occupations Code,
29	29	is amended by adding Section 1956.1235 to read as follows:
30	30	Sec. 1956.1235. SELLER'S DUTY TO PROVIDE CERTAIN
31	31	INFORMATION; PURCHASER'S DUTY TO VERIFY. (a) In a transaction to
32	32	which this subchapter applies, the seller shall provide to the
33	33	metal recycling entity the year, make, model, and vehicle
34	34	identification number for the vehicle from which the catalytic
35	35	converter was removed.
36	36	(b) The metal recycling entity may not purchase or otherwise
37	37	acquire the catalytic converter unless the entity enters the
38	38	vehicle identification number provided by the seller under
39	39	Subsection (a) into the National Highway Traffic Safety
40	40	Administration's VIN Decoder, or successor database, and verifies
41	41	that the vehicle year, make, and model retrieved from the database
42	42	with respect to that vehicle identification number are the same as
43	43	the vehicle year, make, and model provided by the seller.
44	44	SECTION 3. Section 1956.124(b), Occupations Code, is
45	45	amended to read as follows:
46	46	(b) A record meets the requirements of Subsection (a) if it
47	47	contains:
48	48	(1) the year, make, model, and vehicle identification
49	49	number for the vehicle from which each purchased or otherwise
50	50	acquired catalytic converter was removed [a description made in
51	51	accordance with the custom of the trade for the volume of catalytic
52	52	converters purchased or otherwise acquired];
53	53	(2) the business name of the person from whom each
54	54	[the] catalytic converter was [converters were] purchased or
55	55	otherwise acquired; and
56	56	(3) the date of the transaction.
57	57	SECTION 4. Section 1956.128(a), Occupations Code, is
58	58	amended to read as follows:
59	59	(a) The commission may impose an administrative penalty
60	60	under Subchapter R, Chapter 411, Government Code, on a metal
61	61	recycling entity that:
62	62	(1) violates Section 1956.123 due to the entity's
63	63	failure to exercise due diligence in purchasing or acquiring a
64	64	catalytic converter removed from a motor vehicle; [or]
65	65	(2) violates Section 1956.1235; or
66	66	(3) violates Section 1956.124.
67	67	SECTION 5. Section 1956.124, Occupations Code, as amended
68	68	by this Act, applies only to an offense committed on or after the
69	69	effective date of this Act. An offense committed before the
70	70	effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
71	71	date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in
72	72	effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense
73	73	was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element
74	74	of the offense occurred before that date.
75	75	SECTION 6. Section 1956.128, Occupations Code, as amended
76	76	by this Act, applies only to conduct that occurs on or after the
77	77	effective date of this Act. Conduct that occurs before the
78	78	effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
79	79	date the conduct occurred, and the former law is continued in effect
80	80	for that purpose.
81	81	SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.